Florence Bates

Florence Bates

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Florence Bates (born Florence Rabe, April 15, 1888 – January 31, 1954) was an American film and stage character actress who often played grande dame characters in supporting roles. Her path to becoming an actress had many turns. She had a degree in Mathematics, taught school until married, then became the first Texas female lawyer. Then she became a bilingual radio commentator. After her husband lost her fortune, she and her husband opened a bakery in Los Angeles. In the mid-1930s, Bates auditioned for and won the role of Miss Bates in a Pasadena Playhouse adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. When she decided to continue working with the theatre group, she changed her professional name to that of the first character she played on stage. In 1939, she was introduced to Alfred Hitchcock, who cast her in her first major screen role, the vain dowager Mrs. Van Hopper, in Rebecca (1940). Bates appeared in more than sixty films over the course of the next thirteen years. Among her cinema credits are Kitty Foyle, Love Crazy, The Moon and Sixpence, Mr. Lucky, Heaven Can Wait, Lullaby of Broadway, Mister Big, Since You Went Away, Kismet, Saratoga Trunk, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Winter Meeting, I Remember Mama, Portrait of Jennie, A Letter to Three Wives, On the Town, and Les Misérables. In television, Bates had a regular role on The Hank McCune Show and made guest appearances on I Love Lucy, My Little Margie, I Married Joan and Our Miss Brooks.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1888-04-13
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also Known As: Florence Rabe

Movies List of Florence Bates

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Rebecca

1940 Movie
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The Brasher Doubloon

1947 Movie
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Love Crazy

1941 Movie
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Belle of Old Mexico

1950 Movie
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The Tall Target

1951 Movie
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Tahiti Nights

1944 Movie
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The Mask of Dimitrios

1944 Movie
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Lullaby of Broadway

1951 Movie
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I Remember Mama

1948 Movie
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Winter Meeting

1948 Movie
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Kismet

1944 Movie
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The Second Woman

1950 Movie
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Belle of the Yukon

1944 Movie
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Mr. Lucky

1943 Movie
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San Antonio

1945 Movie
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Strange Alibi

1941 Movie
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Cluny Brown

1946 Movie
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The Moon and Sixpence

1942 Movie
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Whistle Stop

1946 Movie
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The Chocolate Soldier

1941 Movie
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River Lady

1948 Movie
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Les Miserables

1952 Movie
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The Tuttles of Tahiti

1942 Movie
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Road Show

1941 Movie
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The Inside Story

1948 Movie
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Slightly Dangerous

1943 Movie
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We Were Dancing

1942 Movie
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Mister Big

1943 Movie
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Paris Model

1953 Movie
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Claudia and David

1946 Movie
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Out of This World

1945 Movie
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The Judge Steps Out

1947 Movie
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Calling All Husbands

1940 Movie
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My Dear Secretary

1948 Movie
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Heaven Can Wait

1943 Movie
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They Got Me Covered

1943 Movie
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Kitty Foyle

1940 Movie
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Saratoga Trunk

1945 Movie
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On the Town

1949 Movie
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Love and Learn

1947 Movie
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His Butler's Sister

1943 Movie
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County Fair

1950 Movie
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Portrait of Jennie

1948 Movie
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Father Takes the Air

1951 Movie
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Havana Rose

1951 Movie